Comments on: David Walliams: ‘I hate it when people confess or reveal their sexuality’http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/08/06/david-walliams-i-hate-it-when-people-confess-or-reveal-their-sexuality/
PinkNews Gay news, reviews and comment from Europe's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans news serviceWed, 04 Mar 2015 00:15:00 +0000hourly1By: Jameshttp://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/08/06/david-walliams-i-hate-it-when-people-confess-or-reveal-their-sexuality/comments/#comment-471518
Mon, 12 Aug 2013 18:29:56 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=40231#comment-471518A lot of people seem bothered about his sexuality in these comment pages.
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Mon, 12 Aug 2013 18:28:13 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=40231#comment-471516By judging him as confused and demeaning him as anything other than what he says he is, heterosexual, then you are guilty of the same kind of bigotry and judgmental attitudes many gay people face. How would you like it if you were told you weren’t gay because you acted too butch or acted in a certain, “non-gay” way?
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Sat, 10 Aug 2013 15:33:53 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=40231#comment-470908So you’re saying she developed sexual and romantic feelings for one man alone? She doesn’t find men attractive at all, except for this one man who must be SO irresistable the chemistry in her brain shifted profoundly ?

I believe your friend is a bi-sexual and always has been, but will favour women. I do not believe you can fall in love with one person of a certain gender, and not have any feelings whatsoever for the rest of that gender.

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Thu, 08 Aug 2013 11:00:40 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=40231#comment-469994He actually is bi, and has often stood up for gay rights. His quote was taken out of context.
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Thu, 08 Aug 2013 00:20:12 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=40231#comment-469882Balderdash! Your sexuality does not change, just your reaction to and acceptance of.
]]>By: Darzanhttp://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/08/06/david-walliams-i-hate-it-when-people-confess-or-reveal-their-sexuality/comments/#comment-469858
Wed, 07 Aug 2013 22:32:58 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=40231#comment-469858..the simple lesson that everyone should realize is just because a man wears a dress doesn’t automatically mean he’s GAY, and just because a man is 100% butch doesn’t mean he’s STRAIGHT!
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Wed, 07 Aug 2013 13:54:51 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=40231#comment-469519Broadly I agree with what you’ve put here, JonnieLondon. But it’s fair to suggest that some people might not *realise* they’re bi (rather than just gay or straight) until later in life. That would certainly at least appear to be their sexuality being fluid.

Also, I think it is fair to say that some people’s sexuality changes over time. That doesn’t mean everyone’s does, but love, attraction and sex are complicated emotions. Never say never :o)

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Wed, 07 Aug 2013 13:50:40 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=40231#comment-469517Tell you what, David. When young people no longer suffer shame, guilt, oppression and discrimination for something beyond their control, I’ll worry about the ‘nuisance’ of providing them with positive rôle models.
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Wed, 07 Aug 2013 12:31:09 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=40231#comment-469457I think he’s probably bisexual – and there’s nothing wrong with that, but although we may have embraced the idea of being gay, we still seem to be confused as a society about the possibility of being anything other than 100% gay or 100% straight. For some people (myself included) sexuality is indeed something that fluctuates over a lifetime and this seems to provoke hostility in people who feel themselves to be irrevocably straight or gay. Until we understand that there are a lot more bisexual people in society than we think, and stop making a ridiculous sniggering fuss about it, we will continue to waste time arguing about non-issues like this. Some people are bisexual (or ‘fluid’ or whatever they feel is a more appropriate word), we need to get over it!
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Wed, 07 Aug 2013 12:09:27 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=40231#comment-469444You calling me a pedophile f|\/cker.

That is slander. See you in court you little f\/ck.

PN. Get the police onto this t1t.

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Wed, 07 Aug 2013 11:56:36 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=40231#comment-469437Just because he is so self loathing and so far back in the closet he’s in feckin Narnia – doesn’t give him the right to judge a brave Gay coming out – Mind your own business ‘Wallyiams’ and take some acting lessons!
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Wed, 07 Aug 2013 11:21:59 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=40231#comment-469416Those people whose sexuality is fluid we call bisexual. If some people feel that sexuality is a choice, then I would assume that person is bisexual. Me, I’ve always been gay and always will be. Straight friends of mine are straight and have never been any different. If you feel you may be able to go one way or the other, well there’s a word for that: bisexuality.
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Wed, 07 Aug 2013 10:59:17 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=40231#comment-469404I agree that sometimes sexuality is made more of an issue by the drama of “coming out”. It is a shame that so many people make such a big deal out of it, as though the desperately need the approval of everyone else.

I didn’t come out, I didn’t make any big statement, I simply had relationships with guys and didn’t hide it. I never had to justify myself to anyone. Maybe I was just lucky?

He is right about the fluidity of sexuality. It’s MUCH more complex than gay, bi and straight.

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Wed, 07 Aug 2013 10:17:55 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=40231#comment-469384Where in the bible (since you claim that the most recent translation you have is your only source of moral guidance) does it say it’s “wrong”, Keith me old m[…]ucker?
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Wed, 07 Aug 2013 08:52:27 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=40231#comment-469369I agree that David Walliams’ comments were foolish and offensive (I can only hope they were taken out of context). However, you are overstating your case a bit.

When the singer Tom Robinson had his first wave of success (in the late 1970s), he stated in interviews that he occasionally slept with women but he was predominately attracted to men, which was why he identified as gay rather than bi. It was a complete surprise to him when he fell in love with (and later had children with and married) a woman. He then described himself as a gay man who happened to be in love with a woman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Robinson#Personal_life).

I identified as straight before I realised I was actually bisexual. I know of other bisexuals who did a similar straight->bisexual identity change. However, I also know of a few people who identified as lesbian or gay before changing their identity to bisexual.

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Wed, 07 Aug 2013 07:56:12 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=40231#comment-469362There are lots of grey areas in sexuality but sexuality is NOT fluid!
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Wed, 07 Aug 2013 07:31:32 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=40231#comment-469360Bit harsh on trans people if that’s true. By that logic nobody would be attracted to them, which I know not to be true from experience. It’s possible for people to get past the body, I think Walliams is right.
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Wed, 07 Aug 2013 07:27:30 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=40231#comment-469359It does happen, I know someone who is a lesbian but is with a cisgender man now, but still identifies as lesbian.
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Wed, 07 Aug 2013 06:23:34 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=40231#comment-469356Eddy, I hope you asked them if they feel similarly annoyed by non-gay people signalling their coupledom and, by implication, their sexuality equally quickly.

Double standards like that are so infuriating they can leave one speechless (or they do me, at least).